Mother Maria Skobtsova
Subtitle: Essential Writings
Series: Modern Spiritual Masters Series
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: February 2003
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Translation of: Le Sacrement du Frere
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781570754364
Subjects: Christian mysticism; Spiritual life; Mariia,; mat,; Religion - World Religions; Religious; Religion; Mariëiìa,; Christianity - Orthodox; Spirituality - General; Mariia; mat§,; 1891-1945
First sentence: "No amount of thought will ever result in any greater formulation than the three words, 'Love one another,' so long as it is love to the end and without exceptions."
Description: A collection of writings that reflect the deep commitment to the gospel mandate that unites love of God and love of neighbor comes from the modern saint and Orthodox nun who made her home in Paris a haven for Jews during Nazi occupation.
Table of contents: title: Preface; label: Introduction:
title: Mother Maria of Paris; label: 1.
title: The Second Gospel Commandment; label: 2.
title: On the Imitation of the Mother of God; label: 3.
title: The Mysticism of Human Communion; label: 4.
title: The Cross and the Hammer-and-Sickle; label: 5.
title: Toward a New Monasticism I: At the Heart of the World; label: 6.
title: Toward a New Monasticism II: Love without Limits; label: 7.
title: The Poor in Spirit; label: 8.
title: Under the Sign of Our Time; label: 9.
title: A Justification of Pharisaism; label: 10.
title: Insights in Wartime; label: 11.
title: Types of Religious Life; title: Notes; title: Sources